Metal bar and fence post



wzsmz .26, 1933. I c. B. MURTON METAL BAR AND FENCE POST Original File iMarch 2, 1931 Patents fiept. 26, 133 Q METAL BAR AND FENCE PUST CrawfordB. Morton, Chicago Heights, 11., assigner to Inland Steel Company,Chicago, Ill... a corporation of Delaware @riginal application March 2,1931, Serial No. 519,369. Divided and this application June -10, 1931.Serial N0.

Claims.

This invention relates to metal bars and fence posts and has for itsobject to provide a new continuously rolled metal bar of polygonal ortubular like cross section, this invention being a did vision of mypending application, Serial No.

519,369, filed March 2, 1931.

Another object consists in the provision of a bar of the characterdescribed provided with an opening at one side and flanges projectedpar- W tially thereacross, also attachment studs located at intervalsalong a pair of opposed edges thereof.

Another object consists in the provision of a bar of the characterdescribed provided with an opening at one side, flanges projectedpartially thereacross. with additional flanges projecting outwardly fromthe bar.

Another object consists'in the utilization of a bar of polygonal ortubular-like cross section, having an open side with flanges extendingpartially thereacross and studs projecting outwardly of said flanges.

Other objects will be more fully set forth in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which.Fig. 1 is a front elevation. of a fence post embodying my inventiomaportion of the fence being illustrated as attached thereto.

' Fig. 2 is a rear elevation drawn to an enlarged scale of such postshowing various means and methods of securing a fence thereto.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a form of tying or fastening member forattachment of a fence to the post.

Fig. 4 is s. horizontal cross section through the fence post of Figs. 1and 2.

Fig. 5 is a hormontal section through the bar of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of a metal bar, the structure being generallysimilar to that of the fence post illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, forexample, with the exception that a continuous projects outwardly fromeach side of the post in lieu of the studs which are desirable when usedas a fence post.

Like numerals refer to like elements throughtill out the drawing inwhich 1c indicates generallywardly at the rear edges are the fasteningstuds ill-d.

7 When constructed and utilized as a fence post as illustrated in Figs.1, 2 and 4, my invention is particularly useful as a drive type of post,these bars being rolled of suitable or desired lengths and thereaftercut to proper length for fence posts. The post may be readily driveninto the ground in the usual manner by the use of sledges or drivinginstruments, and a woven wire fence, for example, generally indicated bynumeral 20, carried across the flat surface at the back, represented bythe fianges 10--c, after which tying members 21 are utilized to securethe strands of wire to the rear face of the post in any-number 'ofsuitable ways, as indicated in Fig. 2, for example, the tying membersbeing preferably provided with engaging looped end 21-a, the other endbeing bent, after attachment, to engaging position.

The studs 10-d coact with the tying members 21 to prevent sagging orslipping of the strands of wire of the fence.

The tubular-like or polygonal-like construction, while permittingdriving of a post into the ground, encompasses or surrounds asubstantial amount of dirt or material and thereby presents asubstantial resistance to movement of the post in any lateral directionin conradistinction to present day fence posts. In other words, there isan earth-locking action with the polygonallike post of what might betermed an enclosed column of earth or ground material, so that there ismore area of the post interposing a resistance to lateral movement ofthe post in proportion to the weight thereof than in any prior type ofconstruction.

At the same time a relatively high resistance to torsion is presentedfor the weight of metal utilized. Also a substantial flat surface ispresented for contact with the fence, which renders it relatively easyto stretch the fence before fastening thereof to the post, while thefastening studs 10--d permit a non-sag attachment.

In my copending application I have illustrated and described a processfor manufacturing or continuously rolling these bars from which thefence posts are made.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a. continuously rolled bar 10'which, in lieu of the studs 10-d, is formed with continuous outwardlyextending flanges illr, it being possible by my process to produce theflanges in lieu of the studs where a continuously rolled bar of thisconstruction is desired for purposes other than fence post 1 light ofthe prior art.

What I claim is:

1. an article of manufacture comprising a continuously rolled bar oftrapezoidal cross section having an open side and provided with flangesprojecting partially across said open side,

and studs projecting outwardly from said bar substantially in alignmentwith said flanges.

2. A fence post of rolled metal of trapezoidal cross section having anopen side and flanges projecting partially thereacross and outwardlyfrom said post and in the plane of said open side.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a continuously rolled bar oftrapezoidal cross-section having an open side with flanges projectinginwardly partially thereacross, with other flanges projecting outwardlytherefrom.

4. An article of manufacture comprising a continuously rolled bar oftrapezoidal cross-section having an open side with flanges projectinginwardly partially thereacross, with other flanges projecting outwardlytherefrom in substantial alignment with said first named flanges.

5. An improved post structure comprising a channelled member havinginwardly extended flanges abutting the longitudinal edges of thechannel, and tabs extending from said inwardly extended flangesoutwardly thereof and substantially in the plane thereof.

CRAWFORD B. MURTON.

